Full Freeview on the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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The symbol shows the location of the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter which serves 1,550,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) mast?

Emley Moor transmitter - Emley Moor transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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Which Freeview channels does the Emley Moor transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C44 (658.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C41 (634.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C33 (570.0MHz)	566m	DTG-8	174,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C36 (594.0MHz)	565m	DTG-8	174,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C48 (690.0MHz)	565m	DTG-8	174,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LLS	H -15.4dB	C39 (618.0MHz)	565m	DTG-12	5,000W
	from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Leeds,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Emley Moor transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 22km north-northeast (22°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 22km north-northeast (16°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

Are there any self-help relays?

Derwent B	Active deflector		74 homes
Derwent C	Active deflector		(second level)
Dunford Bridge	Active deflector	14 km S Huddersfield	15 homes
Hmp Leeds	Transposer		30 homes
Thixendale	Transposer	25 km ENE York	40 homes

How will the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1956-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	5 Feb 2020
	VHF	B E T	B E T	B E T	B E T	W T
C10	ITV_waves
C32						com7
C33						SDN
C34						com8
C36						ArqA
C37			C5_waves	C5_waves
C39						_local
C41		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C44		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C47		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C48					ArqB	ArqB
C51_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	SDN
C52_{tv_off}					ArqA
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						LLS

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
_waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5	870kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 174kW
com7	(-12dB) 54.8kW
com8	(-12.3dB) 51.2kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux B, Mux C	(-19.4dB) 10kW
Mux A*, LLS	(-22.4dB) 5kW
Mux D*	(-23.4dB) 4kW

Local transmitter maps

Emley Moor Freeview Emley Moor DAB Emley Moor AM/FM Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002	Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014	ITV

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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David

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5:13 PM

Thomas: On ITV1 here in Yorkshire ITV area we get the versions of programs and adverts on HD.

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Ron Lake

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8:38 PM
Wakefield

I live 11 miles from the tower. There seems to have been a lot of imbalance recently in levels on different . Can we assume that, after , this will cease and all channels will be available at a decent level? I DO appreciate that working on transmitters can be dangerous and power must be reduced or even disconnected at times for this to take place. Personally I wouldn't even go up there let alone work on it (may have done in the past but at almost 67, no b****y chance). My best regards to the guys who do.

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Briantist

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7:37 AM

Ron Lake: See "Comparison of and digital levels" above, but also note that "ArqB [may be] subject to reactive power reduction of 87kW [at ] if required 'until further notice'."

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Ron Lake

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12:54 PM
Wakefield

Thank you Brian, your and comments are much appreciated. It would appear that, after final , all will be available and a new ariel will not be required at this location . Film 4 is now a very acceptable uninterrupted from 4Kw transmission on an indoor ariel, so when the is increased I'll probably only require attenuators for the rooftop one.

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John Matthews
11:23 AM

Will all this downtime stop at ?

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Briantist

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1:41 PM

John Matthews: Well, yes, that is the whole point of the work being done in the first place...

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John Wilford
11:17 PM
Retford

Is the Emley more transmitting a full strength now or will this take place at the time of the ?

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Briantist

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7:04 AM

John Wilford: Full start at , please see "Comparison of analogue and digital levels" above.

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Thomas

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8:19 AM
Leeds

is underway in the , and I'm receiving some extra from the new BBCA Mux it's broadcasting. Don't be surprised if your box or TV says 'new channels found' as it's probably the Belmont signals leaking into your .

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David

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9:32 AM

Thomas is this giving any extra programs?

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